[Nodxa] FJ/OH2AM Approved for DXCC

[Tedd Mirgliotta]

Bill Moore, NC1L, informs that the following operations are approved for
DXCC credit:
  TT8PK –  Chad - 2007 and current 2008 Operations
  YK9SV – Syria - 2007 Operation
  6E4LM, XF4YK and XF4YW – Revillagigedo - 2007 Operations
  FJ/OH2AM – Saint Barthelemy - 2007 Operation
  TN6X – Republic of The Congo - 2007 Operation
  TN9Z – Republic of The Congo - 2007 Operation

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Announcement from the ARRL DXCC Desk

This operation by OH2BH and OH0XX was conducted under CEPT
Recommendation T/R 61-01. This Recommendation makes it possible for
radio amateurs from CEPT countries (and certain non-CEPT countries) to
operate in other CEPT countries without obtaining an individual
temporary license from the visited CEPT country.

Complaints were received from several individuals. The main thrust of
the complaints is that the operators used a club call for which Laine is
station trustee, rather than their individual callsigns. 

The intention of the operators in using a single callsign was to limit
the number of duplicate contacts. Many DXpeditions use club or special-
issue callsigns for this reason. The Recommendation makes no mention of
club callsigns but says that the visiting license holder “must use his
national call sign preceded by the call sign prefix of the visited
country.” Other operations using club callsigns from French territory,
including in the Caribbean, have taken place under provisions of the
Recommendation and have been credited for DXCC.

Since the question was raised, checking with various CEPT
administrations and with the European Radiocommunication Office (ERO)
has revealed different views regarding the use of club callsigns under
the Recommendation. The ERO observes that the use of a club callsign
could prevent an administration from determining whether a particular
operator is qualified and concludes, “Club members, including the holder
of the club call sign, should use their national personal call signs
when abroad.”

In the case of FJ/OH2AM, the two operators clearly were qualified to
operate in St Barthelemy under the Recommendation. They utilized a call
authorized to them by their national authority. The purpose of a radio
station callsign is to identify the administration and the licensee
responsible for the operation of the station. The use of FJ/OH2AM rather
than FJ/OH2BH and FJ/OH0XX did not thwart this purpose.


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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org --or-- kb8nw at arrl.net
Editor of the "Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin" (OPDX - "DXer's Tool of Excellence")
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
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